Shovel Knight is just a good fighter.

“Vic-tini... (ow.. he sure seems to be a different kind of guy..)

Green Shovel Knight: wait a minute... I just realized no else is attacking me, I assumed that me entering the final boss’s hideout, the enemies would attack, I’m a fool! This isn’t where my enemy is! *the evil version of Aquazard shows up and is about to attack him, he turns around just in enough time to see evil Aquazard attack, he dodges and attacks him with the shovel* You guys are clearly not enemies, but whatever this dragon thing is, is definitely an enemy. *knocks out evil Charizard with one blow to the head with his shovel*

“Huh? A non-shiny charizard that’s somehow a different color... I better see what it can do.”

*the cat throws a master-ball at it*

Green Shovel Knight: NO DON’T! *blocks the poke ball with his shovel* Somethings not right here... I think this is an evil version of someone already existing.

“Really? Is this some clone of a charizard?”

“Vic! Vic! (Yeah! And that charizard was a blue one! We saw it before!)“

“Woah... so it’s some rare kind of charizard that’s not a shiny?”

“Victini! (Yeah!)”

Green Shovel Knight: that’s what it looks like, but I don’t trust that theory... *finds evil John’s body in the corner of a room* hm... this proves my theory, I think these two are evil versions of people existing, and that one is clearly dead. *points to evil John*

“Hmm.. they might be from a different universe, where they’re exactly the same, but they’re more cruel and cold-blooded.”

Green Shovel Knight: that might be what’s happening here, but I have no idea if it’s true...

eterna: Dude tf is your problem?!
rayterna: he thinks we’re enemies

Green Shovel knight: *sees both Eterna and Rayterna* so you two must be the final boss! *readies his shovel*

*a white cat stickman in a trainer outfit riding on a lion comes in.*

“Thanks Solgaleo...”

*it roars back as the cat runs to the knight.*

“stop! What are you doing!?”

Green shovel knight: I know, I know, your not the bad guys, I just realized.

Eterna: oi, you’re in the stickcat species, right?

“Yep!”

Eterna: well... look out for the stickwolves...

Green Shovel Knight: sorry for kicking everyone’s [redacted], but look at what I found. This isn’t normal: https://imgflip.com/i/3xbmi7

“Oh..”